In honor of her memory, I got a tattoo of angel wings with the words *Live Laugh Love* between them and a heart underneath. That was who Steph was. She was a girl who lived, laughed and loved with everything thing she had in her... and now she has her angel wings. The heart was placed under it because she is eternally etched into my heart.
I imagine that today in heaven she is laughing, dancing and smiling, now that she is no longer plagued with the pain her body was encompassed with here on Earth.
As much as I miss her, and I wish she was here with us to celebrate her birthday, I am thankful that she no longer in the constant anguish that despicable cancer caused her. Now she is whole.
Happy Birthday to my beautiful, funny, vibrant, vivacious, sassy, genuine, Sister Steff. I love her now, tomorrow and always.
This is right after it was done so its a little swollen and red. It looks a little crooked in the picture, but I assure you it's beautiful and perfect. Its on my right rib cage. Part of the wing ends right where her port was. I think that makes it that much MORE special.
Everyone I told that I had chosen to get the tattoo on my ribs kept telling me how painful it would be. And they were right, it definitely didn't tickle. But if she could go though all of that pain for all of those months, fighting for all of us, I thought it was only appropriate to honor her regardless of pain. No tattoo can compare to the pain I feel not having her anymore or the pain she went through every single day.
~Live*Laugh*Love~
If I want to think about how someone should be remembered and loved, I come to this blog. This is beautiful, I can only imagine that Steph's birthday in heaven was full of happy faces and beautiful places :)
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